This review originally ran Sept. 15, 2021, for the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Like many an entertaining addict, Hildy Good is a great storyteller, providing withering judgments about the people in her orbit amidst all the latest gossip. But like all addicts, the stories she tells always exonerate herself and her behavior — she’s just fine, it’s everyone else who’s messed up. And so what if she sneaks wine after having already been sent to rehab? She never drinks before 5pm, so it’s not like she’s an alcoholic or anything.
Sigourney Weaver plunges herself into the role of Hildy in “The Good House,” and it’s been a while since this titan of cinema has been given a character with the complexity (and the screen time) that the actor deserves. Weaver’s droll comic style has surfaced periodically over the course of...
Like many an entertaining addict, Hildy Good is a great storyteller, providing withering judgments about the people in her orbit amidst all the latest gossip. But like all addicts, the stories she tells always exonerate herself and her behavior — she’s just fine, it’s everyone else who’s messed up. And so what if she sneaks wine after having already been sent to rehab? She never drinks before 5pm, so it’s not like she’s an alcoholic or anything.
Sigourney Weaver plunges herself into the role of Hildy in “The Good House,” and it’s been a while since this titan of cinema has been given a character with the complexity (and the screen time) that the actor deserves. Weaver’s droll comic style has surfaced periodically over the course of...
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- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
The New York Times just posted a slideshow of pictures detailing the conception, design and construction of the hotel seen in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, which begins hitting theaters this Friday, March 7. The miniature was created for wide shots of the hotel. Anderson told the New York Times, "I've always loved miniatures in general... I just like the charm of them." He also nails the reason CG effects don't necessarily create a "real" world atmosphere noting audiences tend to recognize what is artificial, whether in computer-generated effects or otherwise, "The particular brand of artificiality that I like to use is an old-fashioned one." Anderson collaborated with production designer Adam Stockhausen to create the look of the hotel, which they came up with "looking at vintage images at the Library of Congress of hotels and European vacation spots. They also looked through hotel archives and studied the architecture...
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The New York Times just posted a slideshow of pictures detailing the conception, design and construction of the hotel seen in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, which begins hitting theaters this Friday, March 7. The miniature was created for wide shots of the hotel. Anderson told the New York Times, "I've always loved miniatures in general... I just like the charm of them." He also nails the reason CG effects don't necessarily create a "real" world atmosphere noting audiences tend to recognize what is artificial, whether in computer-generated effects or otherwise, "The particular brand of artificiality that I like to use is an old-fashioned one." Anderson collaborated with production designer Adam Stockhausen to create the look of the hotel, which they came up with "looking at vintage images at the Library of Congress of hotels and European vacation spots. They also looked through hotel archives and studied the architecture...
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